Producers Fall Short Of Goal To Tape Movie At Nhl Game

NAMES & FACES

December 1, 1991

Hockey often is criticized as a sport with excessive violence. But not even the L.A. Kings would condone the request to have a scene from Lethal Weapon 3 shot during a game last week in Los Angeles against Toronto. The NHL refused to allow a chase to be filmed during which Mel Gibson pursues a bad guy across the ice while the teams are in action. The scene was recorded after a Kings practice instead. Orlando has also had a brush with Lethal Weapon 3 stardom. In October the implosion of the old City Hall was captured on tape to be used in one of the film's scenes.